The New York Herald Newspaper, June 24, 1874, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1874.-TRIPLE SHEET. “FORMOSA. Qnally resolved to take active measures of their own, and to endeavor to carry out a policy that should not only secure immunity for their own subjects, but should also assist the cause of hu- | mani y for all nations. After tne ineffectual at- Japanese Expedition Against the | tempcor tne United States war ship Hartford to Island Pirates. Attempt to Extirpate Inhospitable Savages. bring the Koaluts to reason a second visit was made, in September, 1867, by Geveral Le Gendre, in company with @ considerable Chinese force. The annals of romance supply few more excit- ing chapters than the chronicle of tb adventurous invasion of @ land totally unxaown until that time, and not only surrounded by mys- very but darkened by traditions of unusual gioom and terror, The presence of the Chinese troops aid not appear to produce the intimidating effects The Murdered Castaways To-j wmon those wno sent them bad perhaps antici- Be Avenged. CHINESE INTERESTS IN THE UNDERTAKING United States Diplomacy in Opposition to the Movement. Srgamsnrr YUKO Maro, AmMoy Harbor, May 3, 1874 The origina! cause and occasion tor the Japan- ese expedition to the southeastern coast of the | isiand known to furopeans as Formosa was the murder, in December, 1871, of &@ party of suip- wrecket Liu Kiu islanders, who were accident- ally driven ashore upon toe territory occupied by the Seul-savage race of Boutans, whose hostility | to strangers of every nationality has long nade | them the terror of the region over which they | hoid control, Since these waters were first vis- | ited by uuvigators tae Mistory of their reia- | tions with tne tribes inbabiting the east- ern shore with wlom they have been thrown in contact has been one of aimost un- imteirupted depreda ion and atrocity on one side, and suffering or martyrdom on the other. In re- cent times hardly a year has passed without the record of a series of fresh outrages upon those whom the calamities of the ocean have cast among these aborigines. Mar.ners trom nearly every civ- ilized nation are kovwn to have been eituer flaughtered outright, or to have perished from the iubumau treatment to W.uich they have been sub- ected, In addition to the long catalogue of au- thenticated instances 0! barbarism, there is such general and well grounded suspic.on concerning | Hoe iate of a multitude of ships that have disap- | peared ip this neigoborbood that the mercantile communiy have come to look upon tue passage of this part of the coast of For- | o8a as, in certain respects, the most hazard- ous tn sue Bastern seas. The Jerocious character attributed to the inhabitants may be understood by bhe iacc that they are usaally designated “the caunibais,” aithough if is uot kuown that the ‘ert Das anything more thana figurative applica- ton. It is used as a comprehensive description of & people who, bound together by the defensive and eifensive ties of piracy aud outiawry, regard all strangers as their enemies; repel the approaches ol their ucarest partially civilized neighbors, the Ciiaese; ackuowiedge the autuority o1 only their own wiid uatures, aud demonstrate their resolution to resist all iunfueuces irom avroad by the Gusparing and merciless destruction of the hey erers who are forced from time to elter at their hands. If Americans have not especially been the victims of these cruetties, at least the instances of violence against “tmericaus are those wuich ave most frequently come to light. The most flagrant of these was probably the case o1 the bark Rover, which ts sill Vividly memorable tn the East, not only on ac- count Of Its own distressing circumstances, but ‘iso for its somewhat remarkable consequences, it led to @ condition of affairs which affected Var.0us Countries, more or less directly, and a cer- Tain Counecuon can even be traced between It and | have appealed to them. But tue territory over | ‘pated, and, indeed, in the negotiations which en- sued, the Chinese leader was treated with an in- difference, not to say insolenée, that plainiy showed the independent ‘attitude and intentions of the Formosan tribes, General Le Gendre ‘adopted the boldest possible course of action, whicb proved to be the wisest. He went alone, that is to say attended only by the necessary in- | terpreters and secretaries, some half dozen alto- gether. to a conference with the confederated Southern chiefs, eighteen in number, who were | attended by 600 armed men. The interview was entirely pacific, and, to some ex- tent, friendly. Toketok, the acknowledged head of the eighteen tribes, excused the wanton cruelties of tue Koaluts, after his fashion, by sayimg that they were part of a prolonged acheme of revenge. “‘A long time ago,” he de- | clared, “white pevple had nearly extirpated the Koaluts peopie, leaving only three who survived to hand down to their posterity the destre (ur ven- geance. Having no ships to pursue foreigners | they had taken their revenge as best they could.” There is no improbability in this statement. The | records of the Duich visits ty and occupation of | portions of Formosa in the seventeenth century, are stained by misdeeds as gross as any of | which we, at bis day, Dave reason to | complain, The result of this meetng be- tween ‘Loketok and the United States Consul was @ promise on the part of ‘tue former to respect, under reasonable conditions, the lives and prop- | erty of ail’ Americans and Europeans who should | thereaiter be thrown upon wis shores, That | promise, so far as is known, las aiW.uys been | faithiudly adhered to. But the chief woula make no such agreement with the Cuinese general, and, in tact, refused to conier with fim upon any sub- ject. When pressed ior ao interview he seut bis daughters to answer jor him that he had yieided | to the American Consul in consequen.e Of the | bravery snowu by his countrymen in thé Hartiora and Wyoming fight—impiving that tie Chinese ne established no such Glau upoa his cousidera- on. THE PRESENT MOVEMENT FOR WAR, From thut time to the present, as oiten as the | Opportunity has offered, the rulers of the eighteen | tribes have proved ther sincerity by succoring | castaways, and sending notice to the uearest | Chiuese Stetions whenever foreigners in distress | which roketok holds sway is, alter all, of very | limited extent, He kept nis Own poopie in order, but could not restrain the savage impulses of his | neighvors. Depredations and outrages continued to be practised by toe trives tiving to the worth o% his | o-sessions, and the crews oi several foreign ships were subjected to various degrees of ili- treatment—among them tose of the Danish bark Ceres and tne British sorp Lonuon Castle. Tne | Chinese had washed their hands of the | business, and it is douotful if — their attention was again seriously called to it, | until after the occurrence which has led, by slow | degrees, to the important operations pow 10 | progress. Ip December, 1871, a large fishing ves- i sel belonging to One of the Islands of the Meiyako | group, which lies eas: of Formosa, was wrecked upon tat part o: the coast occupied by tie Bou- | tans—aliies of Toketok, but not subject to hus | rule. Forty-eight of them were murdered; others escaped aud carried the tidings tu their peop. who, like ail the islanders ander the autuortty of | the Liu Kiu officials, are a mild aud pertectly | peaceini community. ‘The event was wholly un- | Precedented in their experience. Seldom veaturing | Jar (rom thet own shores, and knowing no adja- cent lands except those of thetr own country- men, to the northwacd, they never Con- | ceived the possibilty of @ catastrophe of tos veseription, In tneir first panic they applied wt once ior piotection to the oniy government with which they were acquainted, Lhat 0: Napa, in the principal isiand of the Liu Kuu collection. The OWCials 0. tus place Were aimust as timid and un- soplusticated as themselves. For more than two ceatusies they Nad exercised their simple sunc- = 5 | willing to take action thems¢lves in the matter, | . tious without any independent responsibility of hoped from Chinese invest hostility of the nativ sible to amicable app ion. The would make them insen- and the government liad AT SEA, The firat ships of the expedition sailed durin, | the second week in April, irom Sinagawa, @ por' neither the desire nor th . | on the bay o1 Yeddo, about five mies from the cap- It was theo that the ide: ‘arat begs BS cones: ital. By this time rumors of the movement were | tamed by certain high Japanese jals of under- | ¢ifealating in Yokohama, and the purposes o1 the taking the settiement of ig guestion on their own | administration were discussed with the airy and arcout Im point of {o> SGere was hardly an al- | Rorant a ity which always distinguishes the ternative. the Gv faith of the government was | tone of ural lively littie community when dealing Pletced, and + Was impossible t@ pass unnoticed | math, “populace wkd press ‘to souail every action he Out 1 to der ereag of the winter of 1871, It only remained.) Wrich fhe government may andertake, eitiier with fa 6 THE MEANS ~ | glumay ridicule oF coarse abuse. Bokn methods by which the purpose should be carr! ct. | Wel im She: Beene mee: Sete ‘the most vigorous sud daring oerioe pea TaRSavOk wae, sooutasels Koowe: oo: taetnten tion inet, at that period, was Soyezima, the Minister of | Of fhe authorities, but the wildess Ao: ‘Were in- Foreiga Affairs. While most of mscol es were | ¥ tones pete and t forward With a teckless content to simply accept the necessity of teaching | @ uesty and decency, which is common the Boutans a lesson of humanity, he speedily saw | €Rougd here under similar circumstances, but the way to the possible execution of a series | Which is probably equalled in no other spot upon the face of the earth. In this case the contagion | rose to a somewhat higher level than usual. Russian Chargé d’ Affaires published a | roclamation enlosing Ganaian ships and subjects to partici- | Pate in the expedition. As there are no Russian hips at Yokohama, and only abvut six Russian subjects in all Japan, the prcclamation was looked Ol bold enterprises, which, lead to results of the highest advantage to Japan, end which, if successful, woula certainly distin- guish bis administration of the Foreign Depart- ment tn @ way that would make bis name forever eminent 1m bis country’s He satisfied him: seif by tolerably close examination that the Japan- i nis belief, would upon as coming within the category of the famous the titans Sa ie ee ot | Chapter upon vnakes in loviands bat still It was ted and had control of the best part of Formosa | Vexatious, It was thought expedicnt to send itself. The qaestion is, of course, one thet can be | Drie! circular despatch to the foreign envoys— absolutely determined only by a more thorough ac- by fan fan was be iy Pleruatat ae tengs | fave ver" eae toon cep eos ae | ana compactly as might be. This was done about the Japanese were great explorers and coionizers | the middle of April, and, there was at frat good it Bi Dl Ay ebe | reason to believe, With excellent effect, The most in ancient days, There are al mn! traces of | {mportant ofthe early. departures. from their sectiements even as far south as the Philip- | rye away thaviot tne-ceal Hone rrurer oes Pines where their descendanta still continue to Pangea” for the sth of aptil., ‘This ship Waa to rt bs OEE te aee AUCs Aces are | carry Mesers, Cassell and Wasson, to whom pre- | Ruunbérs ofdupanese inaabited orinoea reo’ aud | liplnary qution were assigned, tne rapid executton three centu ee ago ig Well attested. Soyezima, | which aS considered vital to the enterprise. and those who adopted his views, maintained that ‘They were ready and on board af the appmnias | time, but the vessel did not sta relays are not fg een Pa Paar ee Mg ‘he 80 uBcommon here as to occasion astonishment, nothing but toe resumption of a temporarily id i a pane no sishy was iets Sey Bev. ahenated territory. ‘I'ney hei tabusi- | eral days Passed it became evident that some meut oj a Soratenaetae nae oe ine Dever on | extraordinary hindrance had occurred. Finally, the eastern coast would be an obvious benellt to | OD the 20th, the Hokal Maru sailed, messengers the world at large, and that tue substicution of | Coming on board at the last moment and bringing Japanese authority for the barbarous misrue of | 2 number o/ despatches, among which were letters the rude tribés would be universally weicumed. | for the American officers, These, in the confusion By their owa processes of reasoning they arrived , Of the depurture, were not delivered tor a consid- at Somewhat the saine conclusions as those of Ad- | erable time. They were from the United States mirai Bel.—nawmely, that there could be no security | Minister, and contained a strong, though not per- without the existence of a recognized authority | emptory, warning ayainst joining the expedition. along the shores. The scheme was undoubiedly a | There wi 0 word of explanation, and nothing to vast one, especially when considered in connec: dicate what infuences, ifaoy, had ein about ton with otner and kindred projects whic! need | gudden and unexpected r. Bing- not here ve detalied, as they ule, for the present, in | ham’s attitude. Of Cuts There Was nothing to be abeyance. It naturally met with @ at aeal of | 40! 0 I i hed then suprosed that there would Opposition, and the majority of he advisers 01 the be fo opportunity of answering the communica vovernineat shrank irom ‘engaging 10 an under- | tons. This. however, i otberwjse determined, taking entailing such neavy expense, and promts- | A message irom the Japanese Prime Minister ing, at least for a long time to come, such inade- | had also Sve BUDA E DO th remarkable, qua ¢ recompense. But Soyezima was a man oiun- | and to those Concerned amaaing, fact that usual energy and resolution, and msinfuence was | the United States envoy — h protested paramount. ‘The srranzements tor executing the | 60 the Japanese government against the employ- Scheme steadily progressed. In the spring 01 1873, | Ment olany Americans upon this service, atid wate stili hold.ng the office of Foreign Minister, he | directing the ship to provee! to Nagasaki to await Went as Ambassador to Pekin, chiefly to lay nis | Jurther Instructions, Nagasaki, although the ren- desizus before tue Chinese government, and to | d¢zvous Jor a great part of the flect, was a point obtain thir views upou that and other proposed ; entirely remote trom that to which the Hokat Japanese projects. His puviic diplomatic successes | Mara Was destined, and the change involved not during this missivn are matters ol common noto- | Obly the annoyance of delay and the material con- Tiety. It was, iu facs, through him thas the loug sidération of jucreased expense, but also the ahso- unsettled question df Imperial audiences was | lute derangement of pians wuich bad been long b ought to a prompt solution, His success in the | Settled, and upon which the whole of the early more private negotiations, hitherto unrevealed, | OPerations of the expedition were to torn. But Was DOt less compiete, $0 far as obtaining assur- | the orders of the Prime Minister could not be dis- ances of sympathy, if not of cobperation, could go. | Tegarded, aud the ship arrived at Nagasaki on Active coUperation Was not to be thougit of by the | the 25th. Chinese, and at this stage 0! affairs wascertainly not | Here it was soon evident that desired py Soyezima, But he jortifled himself w.tn | SERIOUS DIFFICULTIES the declaration that ihe Pekin officials were not | bad arisen, and tuat others, possibly more awk- A Rey likely to soyie and that they saw uo objection to any measures | hours it was known to the commissioners that Which the Jupanese might see fit to bring forward, | General'Le Gendre had also received a letter of Alter his returu to Yeddo the movement was | protest from Mr. Bingham, and that secret orders Pressed With all possible vigor, and im the course | had been sent to the agent oi the Pacific Mail of a lew months everytaing would have been p.e- | Steamship Company to delay or altogether pared for a combination of enterprises which, | Obstruct the departure of the New York. This Whatever their consequences, would have at- | last impediment, under the circumstances, was a tracted a far greater atvention anda more vivid | real calamity. The possibility of dificuliies in the interest taan auy previous Eastern events of mod- | case 0! the Yorksilre had been toreseen, and ern times. But the return of the Embassy, under | fairs had been so arranged that her aid could be lwakura, from America and Kurope changed in | dispensed with without serious entbarrassment, but A lew weeks the entire aspect of affairs. In | 20 shadow of anxiety nad been fel in what precise manner the second Minister of | regard to the New York, And now it turned the Crowu succeeded in overthrowing the elabo- | Out that the Yorksuire would only be forbidden Tate projects which had been matured during his | to touch at any of the open Cntnese ports—whicn, Absence it 1s not necessary here to inquire. He | 0! course, had uever been contemplated—wnile tne caine with the prestige of an extensive ioreign | further progress of the American vessel was abso- exvericuce, and his rank and official position en- \utely prohivited, Tue worst of the vusiness was oled him co inter Y les which could o0t be surm.unted. Meng otne aries al Ratitetees | information as to the cause of his action. [ was resigned, Suyezima at their head. Dew Cabinet | Impossible to discover.by what means the com- Was .ormed, ana ior @ time nothing more was | P&ty’s servan's had been wrought upon to the ex- beard 0 tue p'ans for the chastisement or sub,u- gation of the Formosa marauders. it has only be- cume recently known that the part of the project which concerned the caluing of the murderers of the Metako islanders to account was never abandoned. ‘The preparations continued without interruption, though perhaps not so rapidly as beiore. They were pee on eT ibelaprree yD Partly for rea- sonS OL domestic icy, but chiefly from apprehen- s.0n8 of italien by representatives or. joreign | Ding had been arrayed against them weatead of Governments. It was not supposed that this in- | Oar See ae Py tL RPE rst ee eri ceasar i =| 4 terierence would nec: ‘uly be hostiie, but the ex. work, it Was not very diMcult to conjecture aud to the question whether it was intended to | prevent the vovage entirely or only to check it ior a while no satisiac ory answer could be ootained. The mystery anc obscurity of the proceeding were its worst features. The Japanese commission- | ers felt that there was nothing di nified in the | opposition thus exhibited, anu did not hesitate had taught the Within twenty-iour | that the a-ent had been instracted to withhold all | tent of persuading them to violate their contract, | | to stigmatize it as a transaction In whicn low cun- | ‘ihe preseut movement of the Japanese government. | ‘On the 9th of Marcu, 1867, the Rover leit the Chinese Port Of Swatuw for Neuchang, and was driven by 4 storm to the south of Formosa, wheie she struck, +) 8 supposed, upon the “Vele Rete’ rocks, She presently sunk, the Captain, named Hunt, escap- og with his wue and the crew tm boata. They made their Way with some difficulty to a point on the southeastern shore of the island, landing within the limits occupied by the tribe of Koaiuts. AS 8000 os they Were discovered they were fired upon oy the hutaves and were all Killed with the exceptiou oi @ single Chinese sailor, who had hidden himse!f upon the first appearance of the a@ssauanis, und wno afterwarus succeeded in get ting to Takao, on the western coast, where he re- lated the c.rcumstances. In due season the intel- ligence became known at ‘Taiwan-fu, the Principal Citnese town in formosa, whence it was communicated by the British Consul to his Minister in Pekim and by him to Mr. Bur- ingame. While that gentleman was occupied in tbe preparatiun of measures of redress, Captain Broad, oi the British Navy, who was stationed at the tme at Taiwan-lu, started in the man-of-war Cormorant vo tue scene of the slaughter, in the uncertain hope of finding and rescuing survivors should any still exist. He reached the Koatuts, country on the 26th of March aud commenced hig search, Dut was in turn fired upon and compelled Oue of hus men was wounded, though He to retire. none were killed. shelled the attacking isianders from his vessel and druve them from the jungle in whieh they were hidden; but, having no force sufficient to warrant a pursuit, soon aban- doned the contest and returned to fakao and Amoy. AMERICAN BFFORT FOR PUTURE SECURITY. In the monti of April the United States Consu, at Amoy, General C. W. Legendre, made # vigorous effort to put himself im communication with the heads of the marauding tribes, with a view to ob- taining pledges of security for the future, but was at this time unable to go on shore, the Koaluts re- fusing to allow him to land pes ly. Tne Chinese oMicials of the Western coast \ imed any direct @uthority over the pie oi the Ki und deciared their inability to interiere, although the Central Government at Pekin expressed a disposition to inflict Chustisement, in consequence of the as- sumption by the United States Minister that China Was respousible ior the deeds of ail the Formosaus, In June, 18 Admiral Beli, having received instructions from Washing- ton, sailed in the Hartford, accompanied by the Wyoming, for the purpose of enforcing attention | ww the demands of civilization. The expedition | ‘Was not successiul. A body of 151 officers, sailors and marines was landed on the 19th of June, and, alter a brie/ engagement, during which Lieutenant Commander A. 8S. Mackenzie was killed, withdrew in some coniusion vo the ships. The diMeuitiex of | the situation appearing to be greater than had been anticipated, the whole affair was indefinitely | abandoned. These details, not without importance in themseives, will be found to possess @ par- | ticular significance as showing an identity of in- terests between tue government of the United States and tnat of Japan—an identity which has, within the past (ew days, been disregarded to an extent producing serious embarrassments and complications. In their reports detailing these events the United States officers, including Admiral Bell, expressea the confident opinion that the only effective method of rendering the region permanently safe and freeing the waters Of that vicinity from their pertis wouid be the dispersal of the aborigines trom the shores. and the occupation of the coast by Q powerful aily. It was urged that the Chinese should be induced to undertake this duty; but ex- perience had already shown. @4 it has since suown more forcibly, that the task was beyond botn their inclination and their power. As to legitinate control over the Formosan tribes of the East they disclaimed it altogether, and, in fact, their own maps clearly mark the line where the exercise of their jurisdiction ceases. In all that re- lates to the development of subsequent events is is important to remember that the Chinese have repeatedly proclaimed the ‘“cann- balg” to be wholly outside of their dominion, It ‘was Upon this understanding, fission of the Pexin authorities of their inability to repress tue outrages which threatened to be- Some more and more reauent, that the Japanese | tributary vassals. Apart from the fact that 48 peopied bythe same race as tha’ of the islands of even and upon the ad- | learn action, confiding implicitly in the superior strengin Oi the Japanese teu ral iords of woom suey were Au Kia Japan, its tue bistory has always been c.osely 1n- terwoven with that of the sousnern provinces 01 the Empire. ‘hat Lia Kiu was directiy setiled irom Japan is extremely probable, but 1¢ certain that since tae twelitn century it has been steadily under the strong influence, 1s not the ab- suiute © nirol, O1 the Japancse. In the early part of the seventeenth centary its last vestiges 0. 1n- dependence were destroyed by the dauunio of dat- suma, who sent one of the warriors 01 bis amily | | to saddae it and demand its submission to nis do- Minton, This expedition 18 famous in Japanese &2.ais, Dot so much on account of the importance ©. the Gouguest as from the Valor and strategetic ipgenuity which are said to have oeen displayed | by te ieader. ‘The conditions impogea by the victors were hot severe. An annual trivute was | required to be paid to the lord of Satsuma and | certam commeicial advantages were secured; but the amily of the sovereign were allowed to revain thetr hereditary — privileges and their nomimal rank. The present Governor ia the direct — descendant the ruler of that day. The habits and cnarac- teristics oi the peopieé were found to be so pre- c.se|y similar to those of the Japanese that the chanze os authorily invoived no social inconyeni- euces, ‘Ihe language was the same—differing only 1b 10cal idioms and certam pecuiiarities 01 pronun- ciation. From the time of | THs SATSUMA INVASION until the visit of Commodore Perry in 1853, the subsidiary Kingdom of Liu K.u ceased to have a history. Lhe governmeut tranqaiily fuifilled tue Jew necessary forms Of State, und the people fol- lowed, In successive generations, the quiet avo. Hons O; usaze and tradition, and devoted tli atuipile lei-ure to the study 0: letters, in the gentie Tivairies of which they are said to have mage themseives dislinguished. When the local aut.ori- tes of the capital ot Liu Kiu were appeaied to by the terriied innabicants o: Melyako Sima the, maturuily turned for reuet to the provincial Courtol s.tsuma. Batevents had just occurred in Japan which wade tt wecessary to transier their @pviication to a lagner tripanal. The great change in the pouucal dysiem of the Empre oad taken place a teW mouths beiore, and the ieudal righis of Ue daitios Rad been survendered to the cen- tral governiment. Satsuima was powerless to deal Wilu (be question, and it Was suggested that a COMmMISS\OU De sent directly irom Lin Kiu to Jeddo, to coMsider and aiscuss nut only this sudjecl, Ut aiso tue whole macter Of the reiatiousuip of tne trivutary hingdom \oward tue newly reorganized uation. 1a tue summer of 1672 a deputauon con- sequently arrived, including among its me uvers the King’s son, and tie principal Ministers of the state. They were treated with the yreat- est possivie Consideration and Kindness. It was agreed that Japan s.cula vudertake to afford fuil and eMicient protection to the habitants of Liu Kiu aud ali its dependencies. Lue territory was to be considered as proper y beonging to the Japaa- ese Hmpire, The ruler, trom oovieus necessity, would be required to reiinquish lis sovereign thie and dignities, DUD suould receive in exciange tavuse of @ “Kuazoka,”’ or hereditary nobie oi: Ja- pan. Moreover, the adm nistiation of the local overnment showid remain 10 bis ‘amily—a privi- fice granted to none of the old dainios, Tnose who ure familiar wita the course 0: recent political events apd with political pomenciature nere will understand the exacs Dature Of tue positiun ac. corded to Liu Kiu, Wuen it is stated that woe all the other provinces were converted to ‘ken, it alone was allowed co remain a “nan.” CABINET CONSIDERATIONS. In regard to tue atrocities vi the Formosans the Japanese were prepared to take prompt action, The first question to be considered was woether any recoguized government either exercised or cimimed positive jursdicion over these wid trives. ‘The circumstance that the western part o1 the isiand was occupied by tie Chinese affurded some ground lor the belief that that nation might assume Lue task Ol keeping the eastera COust in order. ‘ihe necessary representations were made without delay. Just at tiis time the Japauese iad an especial claim upon the attention of the Chinese government. They wad reieased tae coolies irom the Peruvian bark Maria Luz under circumstances of great auifi- culty aud embarrassment to themseives, and had volunteered to send them back to the homes irom which they liad been de. coyed or abducted. The Pekin oftictals were full ot expressions of gratitude, and ihe moment seemed a propitivus as apy that could have veen selected for ap appeal on venali o1 the injnred Inhab- itanis of the southernmost dependency of Japan. But in the negotiations that tullowed sue Chinese allowed it to be very clearly apparent that toey Were not disposed to assume any Tespousibility in the affair, They pointed to the limits of tie terri tory over whict tuey heid control, ana plainly de- clared that beyund that boundary tuey could heither iufict punishment for ‘past depreda- tions nor undertake to prevent them im the future. About this time Generai Le Gendre, who was undoubtedly more r With tie local details Of kastern Formosa than uy otuer joreigner, Was passing through Japan on his Way home trom Amey. He was naturally avie to supp.y the Jeddo authorities wita much juteresting imormation, aud he delayed his de- parture rto ps tuem IM possession of the Jabest in noe from the scene of re massacres. He had aga ited the ciel Toketok, wand had dia tt urse of Mis imgdries that there was reason Wo beveve thas Lue forly-eagnt Japanese bad been murdered on (the supposition that they Wire Chinese, it was, tuerewre, in | every Way mManiicst that nothing could Se | perience of the past lew years apanese it many wortiiying ways that no tm- portont step could ever be attempted by them without receiving such criticism aud unasked tor counsel—viten well tutended, out almost invariably oensive and generally mischicvous—as to hamper and t-amniel their most caraest eforts. To a careless observer, Notuiog cau be more amusing than tue disposition of the foreign diplomatic corps to “run’’ Japan, as the pirase goes; to the Japanese themselves it is a coustant grief and humiliation. And it has now become an accepted conviction that U any great work is to be accomplisned, and effectively accompiisued, by the government, it cau oe done on.y by withloldivg all imormation regarding it until the last moment. Thus it was with the p esent expedition. No tear was enter- ae a3 to the universal approval of the move- meni The design was one which concerned not only Japan, but THE WHOLE MARITIME WORLD as well. In the broadest sense, its success would ensure rejief from dangers which had beset commerce for @ scure of years, In the narrowest, it could nut be logically disapproved. ‘he right of @ guvernment to take ail necessary measures for ¢ protection of ite subjects could never ve dis- puted, Tue Americans bad undertaken the same thing, in the same region, by two different pro- cesses—firat, violently and afterward pacincaily. ‘The Japanese plan (roposed simply # reversal of this order of proceeding, Tuat it could by any chance be opposed never entered their calcula- tivé But their weil grounded dread of ior- ego meddling kept ‘uem trom betraying | their purpose, even to their own offi- citis, beyond the circle of those who were necessarily engaged in tue preliminary arrange- ments. it was, however, found desirable to make one partial exception. Foreign assisiance was requisie to a ceriain extent. That of General Le Genure, whe was more completely master of the situation !n Formosa than any other individual, | Was already secured. Possib.y out 0: de erence to his incitnat ous, poss bly irora a feeling that the United States, oot ,orgetful of the Rover and Hart- jord affairs, woulu look with partaculariy sympa- | thetic interest upon the movement, it was decided that Awericans should be selected jor the highest ositions Ol trast and responsible agency. dentenant Commander Dougias Cassell, re- cently in commana of the Ashuelot, was invited to the post of naval adviser and assistant director, with the rank of Commodore in the Japanese service. tae locatities to be visited, having aiready taken general Le Geudre tuither, in the Ashuelot, in 1 Lieutenant James f, Wasson, formerly of the United states: Engineers, and .or the past few years attac.ed to the Yeo Coionization Depart- Meut, was entrusied with the charge of such field Operations as occasion might render expedient, — and w.8 appointed a colone! in the Japanese army. ‘The first named gentieman being on active duty it Was necessary to reqaest the Navy Department at Washingron to allow nim leave o1 absence. In order to obtain the co-operation of the United states Envoy in Japan, the essential details of the pian were laid before nim, together with an explicit statement of the service in which Lieutevant Com- mauder Cassell would be expected to engage. The Minister cordially subscribed to the telegram, which was imuwediately sent to Washington, declaring briefly that, 1 Nis opioion, the appoint- ment would be beneficial to both nations—the United States and Japan. The respoase was & prone acquiescence in the desire of the Jeddo au- horines, The expedition was duly organized with Okuma, the secretary of the Japanese Trevs- ury, a8 chief commissioner; General Le Gendre as his associate, saigo Kitenosuke, of the War Department, a8 commander of tbe forces, and Meare: Cassell and Wassun as principal assist- ants, A SUDDEN MALT AND DELAYS. This was in Marcu last, about one month before | the date originally fixed jor ihe departure ot the expedition, The remainder of the time was oc- cuppd in adjusting certain details necessary to the “complete preparation of @ project oj suca Magnituae. Numerous ships had been engaged, most Of them belonging to the goverument, but some of the largest chartered irom foreigners. For the transportation of some thousands of troops More spacious vessel thau any owned by the Japanese were desirable. Among others the Britisn steamship Yorksuire and the Pacitic Mati steamsuip New York were secured. There was always & sort of vague apprevension that the British Minister might mterpose some odjection to the use 0; the Yorksuire, tugugh no one could fore- see upun What grounds it couid possibiy be based, and for this reason no very positive reliance was aced upon that ship. But in regard to tue New York no such idea was citertained. Her great size and abundant accommodations made her of the extremest importance to the convenience of tie Japauese and even to the success of the ex- pediuion. cluded irom the order oi ar. angements, but, once engayed avd depended upon, she became almust indispeasapie, As to any question of her being permitted to fulfil her contract, novody dreamed of such a thing. ihe United states Minister was the oniy person who could interrupt her progress, and he had been iully miormed of the expedition. Moreover, his Views upon the subject of the right of Japan ‘to Independent action, unmoiested by foreign ite rference of any description, were con- | Spicuousiy notorious. From the first moment of his arrival in the country His course bad Veen dis- Ungushed by one broad and general principle which be lost few ovpor tunities of Ltd | with great Caruestuess, and, it ts said, at considerable lenghi—that oi protection avd encouragement to Japan in resisting the endeavors of otuer repre- sentatives irom abroad to guide or letter tne [ree ourse of nur goverament, He was already familiar with | it would have been no serious matter | to do without her if she had been entirely ex- | | whence the mischievous interference came. It wouid be useless to conceal tnat they were greatly | disturbed and harassed. They were nut without | misiortunes of theirown. Tue Hokai Maru, which | 4; | was one of their finest ships, had met with a ser: | weather on ner way from Sinagawa, lay disabied | and temporarily useless in the barbor of | Nagasaki. ‘They were, thereiore, all the | more dependent upon the New York. ‘Tro ps, | stores, supplies of every kind were waiting | to be transferred to her, but, in the | uncertainty of the prospect, 1t was useless to go on witu tie work. ‘The whole course of the expe- dition was stopped and the action of its leaders paralyzed. Meanwhile the time assigned tor the erformance of the special lapurs assigned to | Messrs. Cassell and Wasson was passing away. | The situation was extremely critical, and the se- cret influences at work in Jeddo bad alreaay pro- duced injurioas effects that tor @ lime seemed alinost irreparable, Fortunately for the national credit, the officials | charged with tne conduct of the enterprise were men Of much firmness and resolution, and were , Dot lo be lightly turned from their convictions of } duty. The Americaus were united in deciaring ‘that nothing less than the most direct and positive orders of their own government should induce them to withdraw. They were not at all disposed to allow tnetr good faith } to be trifed away by @ petuiant interposition | which commanded neither their sympathy nor re- spect. It was speedily arranged tht Messrs, Cas- sell and Wasson snouid proceed without delay to | the execution of their tasks by sucn conveyance as could be hastily secured. A Japanese vessel-of | War was first selected, but this was found to be | unsuitable, A small chartered steamship was af- verward chosen as tae best for the ‘purpose that could be obtained, although wretcne ily inadequate in every essential requisite, On board tais cratt, already overloaded with stores, the necessary | troops were crowded iu haste, and the first real advance was made irom Nagasaki on the night of the 27ta. | “It is not, perhaps, necessary to describe the tor- menting discomiorts anu tne dangers of the early | part of that voyage, out they may at least be | touched upon, if oniy to show to what ex'remities ous acciaent, and having suffered irom severe , | | | | | | | | | | | | of harasnip men may be brought under tne neces. | \ sity of tulhiling their obligavions in spite of vexa- tious @nd dispititing obstacles, More than 300 | meu Were put on board a vessel which, uader the most favorable circuwstances, could not properly accommodate 150, She was already heavily laden ‘With stores and munitions, and fer condition was not such ag to Warrant even the ordinary | risks Of an Ocean passage. The mere sanitary dangers of sailing thus overcrowded into a hot | climate were by no means incunsiderable, espe- ciaily in view of the careless and disease-inviting habits of the Japanese on shipboard, But there | was worse to be apprehended. Speaking without the slightest purpose 0) exa.geration, and as one habitually inclined to underrace rather than fuily recognize the chances oi personal perii, I say th | on more than ove occasion these 300 beings stoud, probably without consciousness of their actual situation, trembling upen the brink of And it is tatally certain that nothing but tue most favoring weather—it was almost un- changingly mild and fair trom Nag saki to Amoy— revented @ catasirophe which, iet us hope, would | | | ave brought something like serious reflection to | the minds of those whose rash aud seifish eager- nexs to interfere in @ business which in no wise concerned them would have been the chief oc- | Casion of the disaster. | AMERICAN DIPLOMACY DURING THE CRISIS. Without pretending ut present to offer any opin- jon of my owb upon the general subject, I think it desirabie to set iorth the various successive tacts of Mr. Bingham’s relations to the Formosa expedi- tion, as they are now represented by the Japanese and American officers, who should be best ac- quainted with them, rey say sormed Of the project early in March; that he suo- scrioed. to a telegram on the 16th of Maron urging tue leave o: Lieutenant Commander Casseil | for the purpose of serving in the expedi- | tlon; that, whatever bis personal or private | objections may have been, he deierred the 1ormal expression of them until aiter the movement had actually begun, tuerevy deranying the entire lan of operations and entailing What might have en disastrous deiays, together with heavy and uniooked-for expenses and grave political incon- venieuces; that, having interposed uo obstacle to the departure of the steamsuip New York {rom Jeddo, he caused her to ve detained at Nagasaki When her voyage Was half compieted, thereby ren- dering it necessary for two American officers and 300 Japauese to proceed wader conditions of ex- treme hazard to themseives individually and to the interests confided to their care. | STILL READY FOR ACCION. In spite of these impediments—and few persons who @ uot had experience tn Japanese afairs can reciate their gravity—there has been ne sign Of hesitation at any moment in respect to the ultimate execution of the pian. At the time when Messrs. Cassell aud Wasson left Nopusar it was still unknown wheter the Now York would have to ve abandoned or not; but It was ciearly under. stood tiwt in that event other ships, whoil under Japanese control, should be col- lected at the ecariest moment and the work pushed forward on this new basis, with (he least possibie delay. Writing at Amoy, where (nis pioneer ship has touched ior the inte: that he was in- | | | | preters and @ few essential materials, | have no | means Of knowing the result of the nezotiations at Nagasaki; but it is as certain as any suture eveut | wel can 0€ that in the course of ten Gays at the | Receiving basin at northwest corm farthest the buik of the expedition will have as- sembled at the rendezvous in southern Formosa | and the prearranged operations ai tue Qomumis- | ston nave Leen set in motion, THE NATIONAL GAME. Muffing Match Betw Athletic Nines—The Badly Bea Considering the well known ability of both the Mutual and Athletic nines it was expected that the result of their meeting on the yn Ground yesterday gftergoon would bea sharp and well the Mutual and New Yorkers Tpiayéd gaine, This belief occasioned the attend- ance of some 1,600 or 1,800 admirers of outdoor sports despite the extreme heat. Owing to the recent successes of the Mutuals they were the fa- Vorites in the pools at odds of $100 to $60. At four o'clock and five minutes play was “called,” the visitors going first to bat, and Mr. Mack, of the Philadelphia club, acting as umpire. McMullan ted off with e’ line hit to ieft fleld, took second on a passed ball and third on a wild pitch, ‘nd finatly home on Anson's grounder to right fleld; McGeary havinz, in the meantime, been taken beautifully on a foul bound by Hatfield. MoBride hit a high foul ball right over his head and Aignam took care of it; but Fisler put a fair- foul to left fleld for two bases, sending Anson home. Batten furnished the third hand vut by @ fly toHatfeld. For the Mutuals Higham struck frst and flew out to Anson. Allison hit hard and safely to ‘eit feld, and Start gave Angon another fly. Matthews was muffed by McGeary and got first base, pushing Allison along to second. Hat- feld let go a wicked grounder, which proved altogether too hot for McGeary, so the bases were all filled. Nelson came to the bat, and if ue could make a safe bit would be hatled with shouts and acclama- tions from the spectators. This, however, was not the case, lor McBride took him on a weak fy, and then the golden opportunity was passed and gone. Again in the second inning did tne vistiors take two runs, one of which was eirned on sale hits by Clapp, McMullan, McGeary and Anson, while the other was given by Hatfleld, who ‘juggled’ a ball in left Meld. Higham hit hard to sutton, who threw him out at first while Carey ran (rom second to third base, Allison gave McGeary an easy rounder, but Mack muffed it, and Alison got to rat base and Carey nome, Start’s sharp hit to right deid yielded him first base and carried Alu gon to second. While Matthews was at the bat Highaw, wuo was running ior Allisun, stole from | second base to third, where the umpire declared him out on a throw from Clapp to Sutton, although HIGHAM WAS NOY TOUCH RD by at least @ foot Neither side scored in the third inning, although Fisler started off for the Athletics wiih a three baser Let ween leit aud centre fields, The tourth and fifth inuings also falied to teld runs to either nine, Kemson, of the jutuals, and McMull#n, ol the Ataletics, each mak- ing # brilliant caten, after along run. A miserable thow by Higham to Nelson, and a muff by start, gave the visitors anuther ron inthe sixtu inning, while in the seventn euch side scored a singie, olf childish errors in mee fe Tne score now stood six to three, in favor of the Athletics, who were playing a better game than tieir Opponents, both at the bat ana in the field. ‘the eighta inning, however, changed the complexion of matters somewiiat. A bad throw bj to Nelson and a shametul decision of th who refused to give McGeary out ona foul tip beautifully taken by Higham, allvwed the visitors to score two runs, But the Diutuais were yet to be heard from. After two hands were out on & doubie play Nelson lt go a two base liner to right fieldand came home on Burduck’s two baser to left, Remsen hii hard to Anson and sent Burdock home, aitnougn he shvuld have been out vn the home plate, aud.a clean hit by both Carey and Hig- bei sent Remsen home. More fielding errors let Carey score, and then Allison {furnished the third hand ont on a weak fly to Fisler. Now the soore was 8 to 7 im favor of the Atnleticx, and the spectators began to hope that the Mutuals would yet win the game, und the last nite Rpenee auspiciously for such a resuit, the first Athletic striker going out on a fy to Hatfield; but now came six beautiful base bits in succes. | sion, and these, coupled with several errors by Hyhom, aided no tewer than six runs to the score Oi the visitors, As the “Mutes” failed to get more than one man on she lira base they cme out Oi the contest @ defeated purty by a score of 14 to 7. ‘The play of Sutton, Fisler and McMullan, of the Athletics, was very fine indeed, wile on the Mutual side Remsen aud Hatieid bore ofall the honors. Witaout exception the umpiring was the worst seen on the Union grounds tuis season, Appended is the score:— § EI 3 = # ATHLETIC. Players. RiB.PO.A.E. 1B. PO,A.E. McMuilan,c. f.4 4 10 0 25 ul2 i Saag» Bd 1ooo f a4 oe 8 Leo? oord?e 2010 04200 18oO0r .fe Pee 1231 Liséo 1100 Ulapp, ¢. -22623 4210 Gedney, if). 8 3 2.0 0 3050 Totals....... 1421 27 12 8 (6 27 10 17 18M Clube, let, 2d 3d. BUA, Oth. Athietic . 2 2 0 1 2 6-14 Mutual. o 2 1 @ OT oo 0 Kung earned—Athle:lc, 6; Mutual, 1, First base by errors— thietic, 3; Mutual, 5. ‘Time of game—Iwo hours and thirty minutes. Umpire—Mr. Mack, of ti hiladelpiia Ciub. Yale Against Harvard. Boston, Mass., June-23, 1874. Ina game of base ball played here to-day the Yale Freshmen niae beat the Harvard Fresimen by a score Of 28-to 14, Base Ball Notes. The Philadeiphia Club visited Princeton yester- ! day afternoon, and played the Princeton Univer- sity nine, the result being a victory for the proies- | sionals vy @ score O1 17 to 6. Next Saturuay the Mutuals play the Hartfords on the Union Grounds, PUBLIC WORKS. The Receipts and Disbursements During the Past Year. At the request of the Board of Estimate and Ap- portionment Commisstoner Van Nort nas mace the following statement of the public moneys re- ceived by the Department of Puplic Works during the year 1873, and the disposition made oi the same :— Deranranye or Punuig Wonks, ‘ew Yor! ne Hon. Jon Warrten, Secretary of Board of setimate and fet hip aa Ut in addition to my communication of the 13th ing the particulars in detail on whch the sev- ing included in the revised estimate are made up, the honor to make the followimu statement of ihe several «ums received by this Department {rom all sources (other than suins pald by tae Finance Deparimenil,) and the disposition made of the same during the year 1873, asked for in your communication o: the 13th inst From Croton water rent, penuitics aud tapping water pipes, pall into the Sinking Fund. From vault permits, pald Into General i $1,423,931 T1313 From sewer perinits, January 1 to April 2 to appropriation ‘Sewer Cleaning”... 4,370 From sewer permits April 30 to December 81, paid tno General Fund. SARAT 12,345 From sses of buildings and sundry materiais, paid into Goneral Fund Secssenuetseee 29/601 From sales of vitrified pipe. paid in dircet Improvement Fund to reimburse tor mouey § drawn for purchase of pipe... 54,060 Total receipts for the year 1873........... $1,600,321 Amount paid into Genera! and Sinking Funds.. 1,511,890 ‘Amount paid into Appropriation “sewor Clean: Amount paid in‘o Street improvement Fun’. ‘ ‘The increase in receipts trom Croton water rent, pen- alties and taps in 1873 over 1371 is $221,842, ihe increase in receipts for vault permits in 1873 over 1871 is $22,889. Tn the receipts f @ decrease of $12,522 in 18/3, a8 compared with 1871, ‘The increase in the receipts from sales of buildings and o'd materials in 1373 over io71 is $2,404, aud trom sales of vitrified sewer pipe $46, 2. he receipts for water rents since the Ist of January of Present year cate that the rate of increase of the past two years will not be maintained; stagnadion in business has evused a considerable taliing off in the re- ceipts irom extra water rents for water used for manu- fac'uring purposes, and itis probable tha’ a larger por- tion than usual of the regular reuts wil: pass into ar- receipts for vault and sewer permits depend upon the extent of building operations, and itis well known that comparatively litue is being done or ex- pected to be done in that business during the present ear. M ‘The receipts trom sales of buildings and old material and cannot, therefo-e, ve estimated. The proceeds of saies of vitrified sewer pipe are not properly a revenue to the city, as ier are meariy val- anced by the outiay for the purchase of the pive: a small advance in the cost is charged to compensaie tor break- age and for handiing and storing the pipe. Lhe concract under which sewer pipe has been furnished to the De- partment was made under tie administrauon of my predecessor and is now completed, Previous to the passaye of the charter of 1673 the re- ceipts trom sewor permits were appiied to the appropri- | ation for cleaning sewers, but since that time all the revenue collected by the department is paid into the | : ‘sinking funds oC the city. Very respect- fuugrat and sinking fund Skok M, CAN NOut Commissioner ot Public Works, Cost of Recent Improvements. Commissioner Van Nort has transmitted to the Board of Assessors the certificates of tne cost of the foliowing improvements, in order that the assessment therefor may be made:— Rogulating, grading, &e., Sixty-cighih street, me wig uns ay ie % Hudson Rtv "eee $69,233 ovulating, grading, &¢., sixty-eigh street, irom third fo Fourta avcnue.. 8,730 Paving Sixiy-eicthth, trom Fourth to Fifth avenue 6,525 Sewers in Sixth avenue, between 1Zath and 1ivth sl Vie 136,892, Recet ving ‘ai southwest corner seven fiih street and Lexingwn avenue... : 896 flith street and Lexington avenue vsse 896 Receiving basin at noriiwest conor Seventy sixth street and Lexington avenue.... 36 Total... Higham | umpire, | ower ;ermits there is | erence eer teds $222,967 LONDON GOSSIP. Fatal Accident to an American Gentleman. Perils of the Road on Derby Day—A Citizen o Massachusetts Seriously Injured—Balfe’s “Talisman,” with Nilsson asthe Heroine— Physical and piritualistic Exercises, Lonpon, June 12, 1874, I much regret to inform you that the carnival of the Derby week did not pass over without some serious misoaances to American citizens, Mr. Alired Lockwood, of New York, who has been resident in Paris ior the last seven or elgot years, in accordance with his usual cus‘om, came to Lon« don to enjoy the Derby and to spend a few weeks with his friends 10 the British capita. On the Thursday he, accompanied by Mr. William Hynes, who 1s also @ well known member of the American colony in Paris, and some other friends, amon; whom were two ladies, drove to the Orystal Palace and remained until alter che display of fire- works, when they set out for their return journey. Shortly after starting Mr, Lockwood, perceiving that there was something the matter with the horses, cautioned the driver, but as, on reaching tne boe tom of the hill, the man appeared to have lost all command over the animal the barouche endeavored to seize the reins, The horses swerved asid>, the carriage was overturned ana its occupants were precipitated with great force into the road. The neighborhood, as I have pointed out in @ recent letter, is studded with numerous pretty villas, and from them assjstance was immedl- ately procured, Mr. Lockwood, who was found to be inseusible, was placed ona hastily improvised stretcher, composed of the doors of the carriage, which had been unhinged, Mr. Hynes had, it was believed, broken his leg, and the ladies were (rightfully bruised and disigared by their tall, All the party were conveyed to the Paxton Hotel, ana there Mr. Lockwood, who re- mained insensible througaout the night, expired On the following morning, without having once given signs of consciousaess, An inquest bas since been held upon the body, at wiich a verdict of ac- cidenta! death was returned, the jury exonerating the coachman trom blame, a charge of drunken- ; Ress having been bought against him. In his evi- | dence the coachman said that the horses were ! going tairly eaough until one of the party, ‘he be believed Mr. Hynes, had szized one of tne reins and pulled it violeatly, wnica caused the animals to swerve and overtara the carriage.” THE BODY of Mr. Lockwood has been embalmed by orderot Mr. Robert Bowles, ana will be placed on board @ steamer for conveyance to New York. Mr. Hynes is convalescent, and has returned to his Londoa residence, ANOTHER MISOHANOE, Another American genvieman 13 a heavy suf- ferer from thit disgraceiul system of practical joking which was at one time universally inJulged in by the home returning Derby crowd, and which, it appears, is not yet entirely abandoned. Mr. Ives, @ lawyer, from Salem, Mass., was returning from the raves when he was hit by an empty botue thrown by one of the ucci pants of another vehicles The missile struck Mr. Ives on the head, and basso injurea him that he is licely to lose the sight of hia: le‘t eyo, He ts’ nearly seventy years of age, a came to Europe with his family on a pleasure trip. A POSTHUMOUS OPE! On Tuesday night last I mace one of a select party invited to Drury Lane Theatre to witness: the dress rehearsal of the late Mr. Bajfe’s opera, “The Talisman,” which was lett incomplete by the talented composor at his death. Sir Michael Ovsta, tok the manuscript in hand, and tue opera has been producea under his direction, Mr. G, A. Mac- farren, tne weil known composer, has also given great help inthe supervision of the score, more especially in the last act. At the rehearsal the | Prince and Princess oi Wales were present, some | members of the press and severa! projessional .n@ | amateur musicians, but the general public was not admitted. From Walter Scott's well known story of the “Talisman” the writer of the libretto has culled a certain number of dramatic iucidents, which are strung tovetier by a connect- ing threat of sufficient interest, The music is | thoroughly Balfian, and will be undoubtedly popu- lar, one air, “Floweret, I kisa thee,” bidding fair to have as great arun as the oid “You'll Remem- ber me.’”’ Mile. Christine Nilsson played the hero- ine, and was in perfect voice, Mr. Beverley has furnished some of his finest scenery aud the dresses | and appoiutments are gorgeous. THE HORSE SHOW this year has not been so great a success as usual, The stamp of animals exhibited has been lower, and many of the prize winners of former seasons | have again taken medals, [tis found, too, that the jumping 18 a great mistake, affording no real | Fecognition of a horse’s leaping powers, Many an | animal will acquit itself with the greatest | credit in the hunting fleid, while in the presence of a shouting, lanzhing crowd, and surrounded by strunge sounds and sights, it would refuse or bungle at comparatively small barriers. A hand- | somer horse than any that has been exhibited at the show can be seen any day in the Park, ridden by its owner, Miss Majoribanks. It 1s a perfect thoroughbred, with the most graceful head amd the loveliest shape in the world, and cost £1,100, | Or $6,000, . SCHISM IN THE CHURCH. | The Archbishop of Canterbury‘s bill for the Bet- | ter Regulation, which is now being discussed ta | the House of Lords, is likely, it 18 sald, to lead to very serious consequences, The bill has beem prepared, itis rumored, under the direct inspi- tion of the Queen, and is intended to check the ritualistic practices now so largely prevalent, The ritualists are furious about it, and declare that ifitis carried the immediate consequence will be @ secession Of a large numoer, both of clergymen and laymen, trom the Established Church, and the * organization of a church of their own, with one or two of the ex-coloniai bishops at their head, AN M. P.!3 JOKE. Sir John Velafield Astley, one of the members for | Wiltshire, is an eccentric man, with a habit of say- ing some good things. At @ meeting of his con- stituents the other day, at which he was present, & man in the crow\l called out, “What about the Liquor bill?’ “Well,” said Sir John, “mine was | uncommonly high last year, how was yours ft" | THE GHOSL BECOMES CLEARER. [From the New York Sun of yesterday.) We are satisfied that Grant is in grim earnest im | his endeavor to secure a third nomination and a third election as President, | The nomination he can probably obtain. The executive patronage has grown to be so vast that itis irresistivle uniess a sentiment of patriotism can be aroused ia oppositivn tort, This patron. age is likely to controk tha Republican National Convention—at leust 1, isdiable to do so, and will ulliess & strong resistance to the third term move- ment is 8 d at once. ‘The evidences that General Grant meang to ram @ third time are multiplying almost daily, A mom- ber oi his family, who could not have expressed anytaing but bis own sentiments, said:—“One great difference between General Grant ani Gen- erai Wasuington is that General Washington was elected President twice and General Grant will be elected a thira time.” And he may be evected a third time unless the | Washingtoulans—thuse wao believe in limiting | the office of President to two corms, after tle ex- | aMpie of Washington, followed by nis successora— | bestir themselves betimes to deeat General Grant's seifish and over weening ambition, BOUAD (0 GET IN, | On Monday Mrs, Sherrity and Hannah Low! | Who live together on te corner of Frankfort and | Pearl stree:s, bud a discussion on matters eccles | lasticul, and dirs. Sherrity, becoming disgusted, | weut to her room and locked her dvor. Her oo! panion in debate came and asked to bs allowed 6 | enter, but ner request was denied, and, at the | Same Lue, accompanied with some fanny) and tan~ tauzing observations, Mrs. Lawier got an axe, and with it made her Way tuto tie room, where ie tiade some forcible remarks to Mra, Sherrity with the hatchet, A cut head a vroken fager, & pa- tient iv the Park Hosptial and a pria ner in the ‘Tombs were the resul.s—the (ormer until her head | deals up, the lust tor ten days. one of the occupants of *